Top 10 Gay Dating Tips

1. Always trust your gut.If something doesn’t feel right than it probably isn’t. Chances are passing upone date won’t lose you Mr. Right, but going out with Mr. Wrong can lead tomany more complications than just being a bit lonely.

2. Buyer beware. Ifsomeone’s profile sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Set expectationsrelatively low and you may be pleasantly surprised but never disappointed.

3. Go with your head, not with yourdick.Sex sells. However, unless you’re only looking for a veryshort-termrelationship there needs to be some substance to go along with thechemical flash you feel.

5. Safe sex has to be the onlyoption. “Bareback” sex has become more prevalent lately. It’syour choice in the end. Don’t confuse more people willing to risk their healthwith any decrease in new cases of disease. HIV is alive and well and no one isreally safe if he is only safe part of the time. Accurate test results can takesix months to achieve so even regularly tested high-risk sex partners cannotreally be sure of their HIV status.

6. Be yourself and rejection willactually be easier to handle. If you’re open from the startyou’ll meet genuine people in return. Lie and you attract liars. You’ll alsonever know if the relationship wasn’t meant to be or ifmaybe the guy just saw through your act.

7. Don’t settle for someone less thanthe best. Sometimes when you’ve been single for a while it’stempting to lower one’s standards. It will never bring you happiness. Peopleoften sense when we’re settling and will reject before being rejected. Nothingfeels worse than being dumped by the guy that we never completely wanted in thefirst place.

8. You’ve got to kiss a lot of frogsbefore you find Prince Charming. Don’t get discouraged if youhave a string of bad dates. If it were easy to meet the right person than therewouldn’t be so many dating sites, bars and blind dates out there. Most folksaren’t lucky in love. Having a lot of boyfriends still means someone didn’tmeet the “one.”

9. Be straight (no pun intended) aboutwhat you want. If you want a long-term relationship thenturning up the heat in every conversation and meeting in a hotel room might notbring you what you want. If you’re not looking for love then casual encounterswill remain relaxed if you don’t mislead potential partners into believingthere’s a chance for more.

10. Finally, maybe it’s not them it’syou. If you feel like you’re not attracting the people you wantthen maybe you need to improve yourself first. Either accept who you are andaccept that you’ll attract similar people or change yourself for the better.